OSHA Inspection: PABLO BARRERA CONSTRUCTION

Issued

May 15, 2020

Abate by

May 28, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,048 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(9)(i): The employer did not provide safe means of access for each employee erecting or dismantling a scaffold:    Site: 118 East 65th Street New York, NY    a)  On or about 11/21/2019 Employer did not ensure a safe means of access was provided for employees dismantling a tubular welded frame scaffold.  Employees climbed the scaffold components.    In the Alternative:    29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.    Site: 118 East 65th Street New York, NY      a)  On or about 11/21/2019 Employer did not ensure a safe means of access was provided for employees working on a tubular welded frame scaffold.  Employees climbed the scaffold components to access the work platform.

Issued

May 15, 2020

Abate by

May 28, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,048 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.    Site: 118 East 65th Street New York, NY    On or about 11/21/2019    a)  Employees erected and dismantled a tubular welded frame scaffold without the supervision and direction of a competent person. The scaffold had no safe means of access, not equipped with guardrails, midrails, endrails on any tier, and employees not utilize personal fall arrest.

Issued

May 15, 2020

Abate by

May 28, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,048 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(2): The employer did not have a competent person determine the feasibility and safety of providing fall protection for employees erecting or dismantling supported scaffolds.    Site: 118 East 65th Street New York, NY    On or about 11/21/2019    a) Employees disassembling a 6-tier high tubular welded frame scaffold and were not protected from falling. Employee on the scaffold was exposed to a fall of 60 ft.

Issued

May 15, 2020

Abate by

May 28, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,048 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.    Site: 118 East 65th Street New York, NY    On or about 11/21/2019    a) An employee receiving materials during scaffold dismantling exposed to a fall of approximately 20 feet.  Employee walked back and forth carrying scaffold components next to an unprotected edge.